Video & Transcript Research : 'Senate Resolution 125'
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Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
CPN DEFER, CPN, CPN Public Hearings 02-25-2025
Commerce and Consumer Protection
Transcript Highlights:
- Good morning, and welcome to this Hawaii State Senate Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection,
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- Senator Melie yes. Senator Richards yes. Senator Ahi yes. Measure is adopted. Thank you very much.
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Summary:
The Senate Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection held decision-making and hearing sessions on February 25, 2025, on several measures. In decision-making, the committee passed with amendments SP 588 SD1, SP 1245 SD1 (pharmacists), SB 1287 (transparency), and SP 1298 SD1 (recycling), generally adopting agency-requested or technical amendments and in several cases pushing the effective date far into the future to keep the bills moving. The committee deferred SP 1149 SD1 and SP 281 SD1 for one day, and indefinitely deferred SP 1286 SD1 on motor vehicles after noting no supportive or opposing testimony and that the Office of Consumer Protection wanted to work further with the introducer.
In the later hearing on consumer-protection-related measures, the committee heard testimony on SB 419 (insurance), SB 942 (rental applications), and SB 1142 (insurance proceeds). SB 419 would require auto insurance to cover replacement of a damaged child passenger restraint system; the Attorney General’s office suggested language to avoid contract impairment, and the measure was advanced with amendments. SB 942 would bar landlords from rejecting applicants solely for lack of a recent paycheck if they can show sufficient liquid assets or unearned income; testimony was largely supportive, with Realtors asking for clarifying amendments to protect their fiduciary duties, while a witness opposed those changes as an unnecessary burden on retirees and elders. SB 1142 would impose requirements on mortgage services for disbursing insurance proceeds after damage to residential property; DCCA and the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement supported it, and the committee advanced it with technical amendments and a defective effective date.
Across the actions, the committee repeatedly voted to pass measures with amendments, with the chair voting aye and, on SB 942, the vice chair voting with reservations over the Realtors’ amendments. No measures were rejected in the portions provided, and the committee adjourned after adopting the recommendations.
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- I know Senator Parker Madam Clerk, would you recognize that Senator Sparks has joined us in a quorum?
- Thank you, Senator. Senator Alvarado, please recognize Senator Alvarado as joining us.
- Senator Alvarado, you're recognized.
- It's an important issue to my district, to my friend and fellow senator, she's still a senator.
- Thank you, Senator Birdwell, Dean Zaffirini, members of the Senate.
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- Senator Rest, welcome to the committee. Senate File 44 is before the committee. Thank you, Mr.
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- We also have Senator Abeler, Senator Fateh, and Senator Utke—Jim and Omar.
- I appreciate you, Senator.
- I appreciate you, Senator.
- Awesome, and I appreciate the letter that went out, Senator Utke, Senator Gruenhagen, Senator Abeler.
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Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - 02/26/25
Judiciary and Public Safety
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- Thank you, Senator Seberger.
- Thank you, Senator Seberger.
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- Thank you, Senator Abeler. Senator Abeler, well, thank you.
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Senator - Thank you, Senator Wesenberg. Any other Senator?
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Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Energy, Utilities, Environment and Climate - 02/26/25
Energy, Utilities, Environment, and Climate
Transcript Highlights:
- I see Senator Gruenhagen. Senator Gruenhagen: Hi, Senator Gruenhagen. Well, thank you, Mr.
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- Senator Dibble, you're good? Okay, we'll go to Senator Green. Senator Green: Thank you, Mr. Chair.
- Can you—yeah, Senator Green? Senator Green: Yes, Mr. Chair.
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Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband and Rural Development - 02/26/25
Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development
Transcript Highlights:
- Senator Johnson, feel free.
- Senator Johnson, first order of business is Senate File 469. Mr. Thompson and Mr.
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- Senator Gustafson: no. Senator Rarick: yes. Senator Clark: no. Senator Swedzinski: yes.
- Senator Farnsworth: yes. Senator Housley: absent. Senator C...: yes. Senator Lang: yes.
- Senator Lucero: yes. Senator Maye Quade: no. Senator Verbeten: no. Senator Westlin: no.
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Jobs and Economic Development - 02/26/25
Jobs and Economic Development
Transcript Highlights:
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Press Conference: Addressing Healthcare Worker Well Being - 02/26/25
Transcript Highlights:
- So with that, let's hear from Senator Li Baldon of Rochester, who can tell you about the legislation
- I am Senator Liz Baldon. I represent District 25, which is the Rochester area.
- Thank you, Senator Baldon.
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Baldin want to address uh as Senator Baldin want to address uh as Senator Baldin - Senator Bolan, can you talk a little bit about what you expect for the progress of the bill?
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Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 02/26/25
Health and Human Services
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HI
Hawaii 2025 Regular Session
AEN-EEP-AGR Informational Briefing 02-24-2025
Hawaii Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- So thank you, folks, for participating in the Senate collaborating today.
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Summary:
The joint informational briefing focused on restricted use pesticides in Hawaiʻi, with Senate and House members opening the meeting and explaining that the session was intended to hear expert presentations and community concerns. Fern Holland outlined the background for the briefing, describing how restricted use pesticides differ from general-use products, why state-level regulation matters, and how community advocates have sought disclosure and protections for years. She summarized 2019 reporting data, saying a small number of users accounted for most reported use, with especially heavy application in North Central Oʻahu and on the west side of Kauaʻi. She highlighted concerns about applications near schools, homes, and coastlines, and identified 1,3-dichloropropene and metam sodium as among the heaviest-used fumigants. She also noted concerns about highly hazardous pesticides, some banned in other countries, and the lack of research on long-term combined exposure to multiple pesticides.
Greg Takashima of the Hawaiʻi Department of Agriculture described the department’s pesticide program and regulatory authority under FIFRA and state law. He explained the distinction between general-use and restricted use pesticides, the certification requirements for applicators, and the department’s role in tracking RUPs from sale through use. He reviewed the branch’s functions in enforcement, education and certification, registration and technical review, and laboratory analysis, including inspections, complaint response, market surveillance, product registration, groundwater review, and outreach on drift reduction and integrated pest management. He also noted staffing and funding limitations, saying the branch lacks a toxicologist and long-term monitoring capacity, and compared Hawaiʻi’s resources to California’s much larger pesticide regulatory program. Takashima thanked the legislature for passing Act 231 the prior year and said the department supports the measure as it moves forward this session.
Dr. Lee, speaking for the Hawaiʻi chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics and as a former member of the Kauaʻi Joint Fact-Finding Task Force, said pediatric guidance has shifted from focusing on acute poisoning to recognizing chronic low-level pesticide exposure as a concern. He cited AAP publications linking pesticide exposure to cancer, brain tumors, leukemia, birth outcomes, neurobehavioral effects, and asthma, and said pediatricians are now encouraged to advise families on reducing exposure and to support right-to-know measures and buffer zones around schools and public gathering places. He also described the Kauaʻi task force’s work, saying it found the west side of the island to be an unhealthy community but could not prove causation because of missing drift, geospatial, and biomarker data. No votes were taken; the meeting was informational, questions were held until after presentations, and the department expressed support for Act 231.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Press Conference: Senate Republicans Introduce Minnesotans Safety First Plan - 02/25/25
Transcript Highlights:
- I'm Senate Republican Leader Mark Johnson.
- So I'll kick it over to Senator Kren? Hello, everybody. I'm Senator Michael Kreun.
- I'll now introduce Senator Duckworth.
- Senator, would there be a fiscal note on the repeal of the MRA?
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Transcript Highlights:
- So first up, present with me is Co-Chair Senator Kanuha and Vice Chair Senator Aino.
- First up, present with me is Co-Chair Senator Kanuha and Vice Chair Senator Aino.
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- Okay, thank you, Senators.
Summary:
The joint hearing began with SB 59 on prescription drugs, which drew extensive testimony from insurers, pharmacies, patient advocates, and health organizations. Supporters argued the bill would address PBM practices such as spread pricing, unclear reimbursement, and patient steering, and would help independent pharmacies and lower patient costs by passing rebates through to consumers. Opponents from health plans and PBM-related groups raised concerns, while Walgreens supported the measure and suggested amendments to establish a reimbursement floor. After questions, the committee accepted the Hawaii Pharmacist Association’s proposed amendments, added technical changes and a defective date of December 31, 2050, and voted to pass SB 59 with amendments.
The remainder of the hearing focused on a series of nominations and reappointments to health, aging, disability, mental health, juvenile justice, and advisory boards. Nominees and agency representatives generally described their backgrounds and interest in serving, with support testimony emphasizing experience, continuity, and the value of volunteer service. Several nominees highlighted issues such as mental health access, substance abuse treatment, elder services, language access, disability access, and rehabilitation services. The Department of Health, SHPDA, DHS, and other organizations largely testified in support of the nominees.
No votes were taken on the nominations during the transcript excerpt, and the chair repeatedly thanked the nominees for their service and testimony. The hearing also included brief procedural remarks about time limits, Zoom testimony, and a possible reconvening date in case of technical difficulties.
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- Welcome, Senator Balden.
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Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
Committee on Health and Human Services - 02/25/25
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- Our first bill on the agenda is Senate File 509. Senate File 509.
- So thank you, Senator McQuade, and Senator ...
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